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1. Ptolemy
   A flexible foundation for the specification, simulation, and rapid prototyping of systems. It is an object-oriented framework within which diverse models of computation can co-exist and interact. For example, using Ptolemy a data-flow system can be easily connected to a hardware simulator which in...
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2. Ptolemy
   the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt lasted from 323 BCE to 116 BCE.
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3. Ptolemy
   [n] - Alexandrian astronomer who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until Copernicus (2nd century AD)
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4. Ptolemy
   (c.AD 100-c.AD 170) Egyptian astronomer and geographer. His Almagest developed the theory that Earth is the centre of the universe, with the Sun, Moon, and stars revolving around it. In 1543 the Polish astronomer...
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5. Ptolemy
   Ptolemaic dynasty noun an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra
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6. Ptolemy
   Claudius Ptolemaeus noun Alexandrian astronomer who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until Copernicus (2nd century AD)
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7. Ptolemy
   (from the article `typography`) ...secretary at the Kelmscott Press), who encouraged and instructed him and helped in devising two types for his own use: Subiaco, based upon ...
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8. Ptolemy
   an Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Greek descent who flourished in Alexandria during the 2nd century . In several fields his ... [30 related articles]
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9. Ptolemy
   Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus), fl. 2d cent. A.D., celebrated Greco-Egyptian mathematician, astronomer, and geographer. He made his observations in Alexandria and was the last great astronomer of ancient times. Although he discovered the irregularity in the moon's motion, known as evection, and made ...
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10. Ptolemy
    Egyptian astronomer and geographer. His Almagest developed the theory that Earth is the centre of the universe, with the Sun, Moon, and stars revolving around it. In 1543 the Polish astronomer Copernicus proposed an alternative to the Ptolemaic system. Ptolemy's Geography was a standard source of informatio...
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11. Ptolemy
    `Claudius Ptolemy` (; , Klaudios Ptolemaios; ; AD 90 – AD 168), was a Roman citizen of Egypt who wrote in Greek. He was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet (of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology). He lived in Egypt under Roman rule, and is believed to hav...
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12. Ptolemy
    (name) The name `Ptolemy` or `Ptolemaeus` comes from the Greek Ptolemaios, which means warlike. There have been many people named Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus, the most famous of which are the Greek-Egyptian astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus and the Macedonian founder and ruler of the Ptolemaic ...
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13. Ptolemy
    (gnostic) `Ptolemy the Gnostic`, or `Ptolemaeus Gnosticus` was a disciple of the Gnostic teacher Valentinius, and is known to us for an epistle he wrote to a wealthy woman named Flora, herself not a gnostic. Ptolemy was probably still alive c. 180. No other certain details are known ab...
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14. Ptolemy
    (mythological) In Greek mythology, `Ptolemy` was an ancestral ruler of Thebes, living in the 12th century BCE. His father was Damasichthon; his son, Xanthus. Since the Homeric root to Ptolemy includes no T the name is reconstructed as Polemy.
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